Sportsbet.io's FIFA World Cup 22 Prediction Pool Discussion thread

[swogerino]

Sure, odds have been strange for that game but since Netherlands have been playing very effective so far (not many attemps on target), maybe it's for a time when Netherlands are less lucky. But turned out to be a good bet, Netherlands won 3-1 against USA.
In addition, odds are looking interesting for Japan to qualify against Croatia, I don't know why bookmakers are favoring Croatia so much. Croatia vs. Belgium has been very lucky for Croatia...

Croatia is much better than Japan and that is a sure fact and I fully agree with the bookies,Japan beside the game they beat Germany they did not show anything else as they lost against Costa Rica and Spain in 99.99% of the case let them win trying to make also Germany fail to go further than the group stage.Croatia on the other hand is a team much more solid with a lot more experience in such competitions than Japan and their coach is one of the best,he was also the coach of a team I love here in 2007-2008 so I know for sure to bet on Croatia on that game against Japan.

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My predictions and previews for this 3 games  :

Japan vs Crotia - even if we believe or not , Japan have a very strong play-style in second half and I'm sure Croatia is aware of it but I don't see Croatia winning the game, as at some point Japan will have fresh player on the pitch and this is a huge different in this World Cup in my opinion so I will have to trust Japan to qualify.

France vs Poland - it was always rough for France to win against Poland in official games and they also met last time back in 2011 and that makes the game hard to read but I still think this generation of France can make it to the finals again and protect their trophy.

Senegal vs England - well , I hope this game won't go to extra time and penalties but once again , this generation of England players must prove that they indeed special and win the game tomorrow.

Regarding bets , it seems if I bet pre-live I won't hit most of them so I stick to live betting for now.

[tomahawk9]

Netherlands v Argentina in quarter final sounds like a tasty match. Messi, de Jong, de Light, Lisandro, Lautaro, Memphis...

I'd put my money on Argentina tho... Too much firepower

I don't mind Netherlands putting US to the sword as I'm ready).

Everything looks so easy for the Clockwork Orange. Memphis was an absolute flop in FC Barcelona... And out of nowhere he's leading the team to another final. Fantastic work from van Gaal

[KTChampions]

I thought Argentina would win more confidently, but now I don't really care what the exact result is. Today my bet played. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said about the bet in the pool, but overall a good day.
I wonder if we will see another 8-9 added minutes and a nervous ending? Who would have guessed this, looking at the names of the teams.

[swogerino]

Netherlands v Argentina in quarter final sounds like a tasty match. Messi, de Jong, de Light, Lisandro, Lautaro, Memphis...

I'd put my money on Argentina tho... Too much firepower

I don't mind Netherlands putting US to the sword as I'm ready).

Everything looks so easy for the Clockwork Orange. Memphis was an absolute flop in FC Barcelona... And out of nowhere he's leading the team to another final. Fantastic work from van Gaal

You would be right with their defense Netherlands cannot bode that well against Argentina despite them not playing well in the game against Australia right now and they even risk to get a draw twice in the last 5 minutes but they were lucky to not get it and also unlucky to not score again in the extra times of 7 minutes which they had a lot of occasions to do so.Lautaro and Messi failed to score in this extra time,nevertheless it was magical to see both Lautaro and Messi playing in the same team,truly wonderful and I wonder why Scaloni prefers Alvarez who beside scoring the goal and not with great merit didn't do anything else while Lautaro played much better.

[LTU_btc]

I expected that it will be more difficult game for Netherlands, they didn't impressed me in group stage and I liked how USA looked there. But today Netherlands remind me team that they had in 2010-2014.
Argentina - Australia. Unbeleavable, but true - Messi scored his 1st play-off round goal in his 5th World Cup. Argentina controlled game until Australia scored goal out of nowhere and it made last 15 minutes very interesting. That moment when Australian defender went through maybe 4 Argentina players and almost scored goal was amazing.
Argentina - Netherlands in 1/4 final, this is where big games begins 

I will add Mexico and Serbia too.
Germany, Uruguay, Mexico were doing everything but because of the result from other matches, they had could not qualify even after winning their last match with dominance.

Well, before tournament Mexico reaching next round didn't looked like obvious scenario, they're not that much better team than Poland. And Serbia, they have some good players, but they never had good perfromances at big tournaments. Personally, in FIFA predictor I marked both these teams on 3rd place before tournamnet.

[Joca97]

I expected that it will be more difficult game for Netherlands, they didn't impressed me in group stage and I liked how USA looked there. But today Netherlands remind me team that they had in 2010-2014.
Argentina - Australia. Unbeleavable, but true - Messi scored his 1st play-off round goal in his 5th World Cup. Argentina controlled game until Australia scored goal out of nowhere and it made last 15 minutes very interesting. That moment when Australian defender went through maybe 4 Argentina players and almost scored goal was amazing.
Argentina - Netherlands in 1/4 final, this is where big games begins 

I will add Mexico and Serbia too.
Germany, Uruguay, Mexico were doing everything but because of the result from other matches, they had could not qualify even after winning their last match with dominance.

Well, before tournament Mexico reaching next round didn't looked like obvious scenario, they're not that much better team than Poland. And Serbia, they have some good players, but they never had good perfromances at big tournaments. Personally, in FIFA predictor I marked both these teams on 3rd place before tournamnet.

Argentina vs Netherlands will be really intresting and i think that match will go in to extra time,i really dont see anyone winning in the first 90 minutes both teams are at same level as far as i seen at this world cup. Serbia had big expectations but ended up last in the group with some big players in their squad.

[buwaytress]

I can't believe my eyes - luck finally smiled at me and I exactly guessed the far from obvious score in the game Netherlands - USA! 
I must say that despite the score, if we evaluate purely statistical indicators, then the United States was at least no worse. The Netherlands achieved the result simply due to the fact that their class is higher. All in all, it's a pity that a great US team is going home, but that's what the playoffs are like.

Better finishers on their team, for sure. Pulisic is their main hope but we already know since leaving Germany he's anything but a clinical finisher. I don't think they were ever good enough for more than group progressors, but still, a better showing than previous iterations I guess.

A good game overall from the Netherlands, they look much more dangerous with Depay playing. They are strong in defence and really tactical under Van Gaal. I liked them so far - they will be a tough nut to crack for anybody.

I didn't like them at all in group stage, but this match they started the way I enjoy, much, much more like their Nations League form. I suspect they actually have a good chance this Friday if they have the same type of start. Can't bet against a motivated Messi, though.

Despite getting correct results for some unexpected matches, I'm far from the leaderboard.

I used to be you, 3 pool seasons ago in EPL. So not worth it when there are many games, but you might stand to gain with QFs because the huge underdogs will probably be out by then, then it's very close and most people like me will still go for favs.

[1miau]

Sure, odds have been strange for that game but since Netherlands have been playing very effective so far (not many attemps on target), maybe it's for a time when Netherlands are less lucky. But turned out to be a good bet, Netherlands won 3-1 against USA.
In addition, odds are looking interesting for Japan to qualify against Croatia, I don't know why bookmakers are favoring Croatia so much. Croatia vs. Belgium has been very lucky for Croatia...

Croatia is much better than Japan and that is a sure fact and I fully agree with the bookies,Japan beside the game they beat Germany they did not show anything else as they lost against Costa Rica and Spain in 99.99% of the case let them win trying to make also Germany fail to go further than the group stage.

I agree that Croatia is slightly favorite here and players like Modric and Kramaric will be a huge factor.
Croatia and Japan have been surprises so far and while Japan was very weak against Costa Rica but strong against Germany and Japan, Croatia has been very lucky against Belgium. Sure, Belgium is a very good team and their fail during group stage is a big surprise but only in the second half, Belgium had so many good opportunities where Croatia was very lucky.
In comparison, Japan didn't face such a massive pressure against Spain in their 2nd half.
Sure, Spain didn't play all-in but I'm sure the players of Spain were well aware that if Costa Rica could maintain the lead against Germany, Spain would be out as well.
So, I expect a close game where Japan will be competitive of course and maybe that game will go over extra time and even penalty shootout.

Argentina controlled game until Australia scored goal out of nowhere and it made last 15 minutes very interesting.

Very lucky goal for Australia indeed and it would have been very sad for Argentina to get extra time and possibly penalty shootout which are always a huge gamble. Argentina had several 100% opportunities to score 3-1 but missed it and was very lucky in the end. Great save from keeper Martinez in 90+6 as well.

[Trofo]

Sure, odds have been strange for that game but since Netherlands have been playing very effective so far (not many attemps on target), maybe it's for a time when Netherlands are less lucky. But turned out to be a good bet, Netherlands won 3-1 against USA.
In addition, odds are looking interesting for Japan to qualify against Croatia, I don't know why bookmakers are favoring Croatia so much. Croatia vs. Belgium has been very lucky for Croatia...

Croatia is much better than Japan and that is a sure fact and I fully agree with the bookies,Japan beside the game they beat Germany they did not show anything else as they lost against Costa Rica and Spain in 99.99% of the case let them win trying to make also Germany fail to go further than the group stage.

I agree that Croatia is slightly favorite here and players like Modric and Kramaric will be a huge factor.
Croatia and Japan have been surprises so far and while Japan was very weak against Costa Rica but strong against Germany and Japan, Croatia has been very lucky against Belgium. Sure, Belgium is a very good team and their fail during group stage is a big surprise but only in the second half, Belgium had so many good opportunities where Croatia was very lucky.
In comparison, Japan didn't face such a massive pressure against Spain in their 2nd half.
Sure, Spain didn't play all-in but I'm sure the players of Spain were well aware that if Costa Rica could maintain the lead against Germany, Spain would be out as well.
So, I expect a close game where Japan will be competitive of course and maybe that game will go over extra time and even penalty shootout.

Argentina controlled game until Australia scored goal out of nowhere and it made last 15 minutes very interesting.

Very lucky goal for Australia indeed and it would have been very sad for Argentina to get extra time and possibly penalty shootout which are always a huge gamble. Argentina had several 100% opportunities to score 3-1 but missed it and was very lucky in the end. Great save from keeper Martinez in 90+6 as well.

I was just watching Martinez missing all those great chances yesterday and then I remembered Lukaku misses against Croatia. Don't remember when was the last time I saw two great strikers so out of form. Inter Milan will have to create 30+ chances per game to score a goal with those two up front 

First day of knockout stages went more or less according to the script. Should be more of the same today and then we have first though to call game in Japan - Croatia. Really hope our boys can pull trough. Those games when opponent presses up high are usually great for us since Modrić and Kovačić are maybe the best midfielders in the world to take care of that.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

France vs Poland @ 15:00 GMT
England vs Senegal @ 19:00 GMT

We should see France & England advance to the 1/4 final but this World Cup has been very unpredictable. Let’s hope we see two entertaining games, hoping I can pick up some EXACT scores to climb the table in our pool

[casperBGD]

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Very lucky goal for Australia indeed and it would have been very sad for Argentina to get extra time and possibly penalty shootout which are always a huge gamble. Argentina had several 100% opportunities to score 3-1 but missed it and was very lucky in the end. Great save from keeper Martinez in 90+6 as well.

they were lucky against Australia, but playing same against some major team would see them off to home
it is always good to learn a lesson and stay, on the other hand, so Argentina progressing will make really interesting match in first QF - Netherlands has slightly better chance to pass through IMO, but you never know with Messi

England and France should be secured for today, but one has to prove that on the pitch, and Poland could put France to stretch for next round, not sure about Senegal, but I did not see them passing Ecuador as well, and they did

[swogerino]

France vs Poland @ 15:00 GMT
England vs Senegal @ 19:00 GMT

We should see France & England advance to the 1/4 final but this World Cup has been very unpredictable. Let’s hope we see two entertaining games, hoping I can pick up some EXACT scores to climb the table in our pool

Everybody hopes so especially after most of the pool missing out on an exact score on Argentina because I believe no one thought that Argentina would win only with 1 goal difference.In today games I think the teams that will qualify is England and France but I don't know if they will do so during the regular time or maybe through extra time or even through penalties.

The fact is that I doubt we will see any surprise in this stage of the tournament,it is true that a lot of surprises have happened but they were all during the group stage,now no team can afford to make mistakes as a mistake cost them the direct elimination.

[KTChampions]

I forgot to put my picks once again - that makes it 4 games in total so far. I don't know whether to be happy to still be 20th or to be so pissed off because I'm 4 points away from a top 5 position.
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Why don't you make choices in advance for the entire Match Day? It seems quite convenient to me, and given that every game is valuable, missing predictions is very painful for the position in the table.

France vs Poland @ 15:00 GMT
England vs Senegal @ 19:00 GMT

We should see France & England advance to the 1/4 final but this World Cup has been very unpredictable. Let’s hope we see two entertaining games, hoping I can pick up some EXACT scores to climb the table in our pool

Yes, most likely the result is predetermined in these pairs, so the only thing that matters is who is lucky enough to guess the exact score. Personally, I expect a labor victory for France and an easy victory for England.

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

Netherlands v Argentina in quarter final sounds like a tasty match. Messi, de Jong, de Light, Lisandro, Lautaro, Memphis...

I'd put my money on Argentina tho... Too much firepower

Messi is in good form so my bet will be for Argentina too. I would also like to see a match between Argentina vs Brazil In football world cup nothing else could be more beautiful than see these two rivalry going against each others. It would have been more exciting if Neymar was not injured.

Today France and England should qualify. However I would love to see some fire from Robert Lewandowski, he is one of the most decorated player not only for Poland but for the entire Europe.

[tomahawk9]

However I would love to see some fire from Robert Lewandowski, he is one of the most decorated player not only for Poland but for the entire Europe.

Gotta feel bad for Lewa. You can't even call Poland a one-man army cos even he can just dissapear out of the game.

France 2-0 already. England later on, should b 3-0. Easy games

[buwaytress]

Gotta feel bad for Lewa. You can't even call Poland a one-man army cos even he can just dissapear out of the game.

France 2-0 already. England later on, should b 3-0. Easy games

Can't say I've seen him take penalties, actually, is that his usual style, to trick the goalie? Worked, for sure, and gave me the exact score I need to make up lost ground. I went with another 3-1 for England, it'll be really cool to get 3 points for that too, seems that clean sheets are a rare commodity in these rounds now hm?

[hilariousetc]

Dang, that literal last minute penalty cost me a perfect score. Need all the points I can get when there's fewer and fewer games, especially from the highly favourited teams like France where next to nobody goes for the draw or shock loss.

That penalty re-take was annoying. No need to rush into the box before the ball has even been kicked. It will usually always come back to haunt them because if the penalty is saved they're just giving them an opportunity to re-take it. To be honest, I think I'd prefer it if they made all the players start from the half way line and it's one on one until the rest of the players get there. That would add a little more spice to the game I think. Most penalties are scored anyway and most missed go out or over the bar but for those that aren't it's one v one.

However I would love to see some fire from Robert Lewandowski, he is one of the most decorated player not only for Poland but for the entire Europe.

Gotta feel bad for Lewa. You can't even call Poland a one-man army cos even he can just dissapear out of the game.

France 2-0 already. England later on, should b 3-0. Easy games

I've gone for an England win but I don't have that much faith in them. Senegal will be fired up as the underdogs. France will blitz England in the next round anyway.

Gotta feel bad for Lewa. You can't even call Poland a one-man army cos even he can just dissapear out of the game.

France 2-0 already. England later on, should b 3-0. Easy games

Can't say I've seen him take penalties, actually, is that his usual style, to trick the goalie? Worked, for sure, and gave me the exact score I need to make up lost ground. I went with another 3-1 for England, it'll be really cool to get 3 points for that too, seems that clean sheets are a rare commodity in these rounds now hm?

A lot of them are doing this now and they should prohibit it. It's cheating really. They wait to see which way the keeper is going then put it in the opposite side. Penalty takers obviously don't have much confidence when they do this. If players stop in their run up then that should be it and they either forfeit it or have to do the run up again.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

France looked very impressive winning 3-1. I had 3-0 France, damn Lewandowski scored a penalty in deep added time to make it 3-1.

Attention turned to England vs Senegal now.

England to win 2-0 & set up a 1/4 final vs France.

[1miau]

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Very lucky goal for Australia indeed and it would have been very sad for Argentina to get extra time and possibly penalty shootout which are always a huge gamble. Argentina had several 100% opportunities to score 3-1 but missed it and was very lucky in the end. Great save from keeper Martinez in 90+6 as well.

it is always good to learn a lesson and stay, on the other hand, so Argentina progressing will make really interesting match in first QF - Netherlands has slightly better chance to pass through IMO, but you never know with Messi

This will be a close game. Van Gaal, Dutch coach, will analyze in detail how to play against Argentina and Messi as Van Gaal is know to be a great tactician.

Dang, that literal last minute penalty cost me a perfect score.

Here as well. 
I was hoping for a correct score when Mbappé scored 3-0 for France in 90+1 but Lewandowski ruined it in 90+6. He even did it only in his 2nd attempd because Lloris moved too early from the line, would be nice if that save would have been legitimate. 
But overally a good game from Poland despite losing 3-1. Poland missed a few good opportunites.
Finally, Mbappé made the difference once again.